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The Exiles chronicles one night in the lives of young Native American men and women living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles. Based entirely on interviews with the participants and their friends, the film follows a group of exiles - transplants from Southwest reservations - as they flirt, drink, party, fight, and dance.
Filmmaker Kent Mackenzie first conceived of The Exiles during the making of his short film Bunker Hill. In July 1957, Mackenzie began to hang around with some of the young Indians in downtown Los Angeles. After a couple of months, he broached the subject of making a film that would present a realistic portrayal of Indian life in the community.
The shooting of The Exiles began in January 1958 and the first trial composite print was privately screened in April 1961. Premiering in the Venice Film Festival that year, the film received acclaim from many critics but tragically never found commercial distribution.
Thom Andersen's compilation documentary Los Angeles Plays Itself which kicked off the rediscovery of this lost masterwork. Andersen contacted the daughters of Mackenzie to receive permission to use footage to illustrate the lost neighborhood of Bunker Hill. Although the original negative and fine-grain (interpositive) existed for the film, it was decided that a theatrical distribution of the film could put the materials at risk. So Milestone, in cooperation with USC's film archivist Valarie Schwan, brought the film to preservationist Ross Lipman and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
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A question and answer session with Ian Mackaye, founder of Dischord
Records and member of Minor Threat, Fugazi and The
Evens. This event will be at the UCSD
PRICE CENTER Multipurpose Room in order
to accomadate everyone comfortably. Co-sposored by the UCSD Food
Co-op. $5, 8PM
The Che is hosting three events to welcome new and returning students to UCSD for the two thousand and eight - two thousand and nine school year. Each night will have a bunch of amazing bands (some touring and some local) and free vegan food. Come enjoy the music and learn how to get involved as a volunteer or as a performer.
Theme: Breakfast For Dinner
Movie: Big Trouble in Little China
Attire: Pajamas!
Last Monday of Every Month! Bring vegan breakfast foods to share! Dress in your pajamas(seriously)! Sit at the big table and make new friends! Watch Kurt Russell shake the pillars of heaven!
Dinner at 7pm, Movie at 8pm.
Completely FREE and everyone is welcome!
We will be doing this every month with a new theme every month. Also, please try and use fair trade ingredients (for chocolate, coffee, etc) when possible. Thanks!
GROUP BIKE RIDE: MEET AT THE CHE @ 12 NOON
Cooking Volunteers: Meet at the Che @ 11am
Everyone is welcome to our Gas-Free Beach Day where we will raise awareness on the importance of alternative transportation and food consumption.
Now with rising gas prices and threats to sustainability, it is essential to bring together those who are socially, environmentally and globally aware to create a more powerful collective for social and global change.
Participants will commit to either riding bikes, taking the bus or driving veggie-fueled cars to get to our event where we will hold mini workshops on sustainable living including bike maintenance, Veganism, and demos of veggie-fuel conversion, celebrating alternative thinking with fun beach activities, food and conversations.
Only socially and environmentally responsible Vegan, organic and fair-trade food will be provided since it takes more energy to produce meat and its by-products, and much more harmful chemicals to produce non-organic foods. We also seek to reject the unfair international labor and environmental practices of multi-national Corporations by depending on local business rather than on foreign production and the use of excessive oil.
Come with a gas-free mindset and learn more about what you can do to change your individual lifestyles among and within the local community in order to be globally conscious.
If you are interested in creating a more democratic global system, where the local voice of every region in the world reigns over the way the world works, transports, eats and thinks instead of accepting the current one-way flow of information, consumption, and globalization, we are looking to create solidarity between all interest groups.
It is through this collective process that we can achieve collective security for not only ourselves and our nation, but for the world.
Help us spread the idea of People Before Profit.
To get involved, contact:
Fran Avendano
favendano624@gmail.com
This show is actually $7. Also, Archetypes from Orange County are playing and Peter Young is speaking.
The Die Young show on Friday night and the Thou/Leech show on Saturday night have both been moved. NEITHER SHOW WILL BE HAPPENING AT THE CHE! The Die Young show has been moved to a house, and we don't know where it is exactly, but if we find out, we'll post it here. Thou and Leech will both be playing at a secret location on Saturday night. If you want to see them, meet at Gala Foods in South Park at 8PM.
Hey everyone, hope you're having a great summer. Here's some goings-on at the Che this summer. First of all, our walk-in fridge broke and will cost almost $14,000 to fix! Holy shit! So please be warned that we may be raising door prices for shows by a dollar or two for a while to try and make money to fix the walk-in. Also related, there are no All You Can Eats this summer. We actually wanted to do AYCE's this summer but when the fridge broke we decided that it would be too stressful. We may however, do one summer AYCE, a special vegan donut all you can eat. Keep an eye on this website for a date. We also have a whole bunch more shows this summer and you should all try and come out to them. We also plan on deleting our myspace eventually, so you all should start to use this site to find out about upcoming events. We plan to make a fancy automated e-mail list to announce events, which you'll be seeing in the coming months. Ok, that's about it for now. It's hot as hell, go swimming at the beach and eat vegan ice cream!
Sorry to everyone who came to the AYCE yesterday. The chili was not cooked enough. We sometimes suck at cooking beans. We now know how to cook beans so don't be worried, all future Che beans will be thoroughly cooked. Sometimes we are making this up as we go and we want to thank all people who come to the AYCE's for sticking through it with us. We know that every once in a great while there is an AYCE that goes horribly wrong, but we think that as of late, they've been damn good mostly. So don't be scared, come back and have a good time eating with us, or better yet, come and cook and eat with us. Maybe your added knowledge will help us not mess up. Who knows, you could save the Che AYCE!
Just in case you needed another reason to boycott the Bejing Olympics, Rebuilding the Rights of Statues and Hedgehog, two of China's most exciting bands that were scheduled to play the Che Cafe on April 17th, were denied their visas. We aplogize for any inconvenience this may cause.
FREE FUCKING PASTA! Come eat free pasta at 5:30-7:00 PM!!! Oh shit, free!!!! Come volunteer at 3PM if you want to help out and get FREE food, oh wait, the food is free this week anyways!!! Oh shit, why would you volunteer then?!?! Oh shit, to be legit and not a fucking poseur! Oh shit, I spelled poser with a "eu" because I'm legit.
There are still a limited number of tickets that will be available at the che cafe on the day of the show at 5:00. hurry because they will go fast. Also there will still be a pre-sale here: Che Cafe ( Friday 02-22-08 from 8:00-11:00 p.m.) tickets are $8 and are available for pre sale on these dates and a few at the door on the day of the show at 5:00 p.m.
We have reserved a small number of tickets to sell at the door on Saturday, January 19th. They'll go fast, so show up early. Doors open at 6:30. However, the Che never opens a door without closing a window.
It's our first All You Can Eat dinner of the Winter Quarter, and the first AYCE is always free pasta (donations welcome). Come help cook at 3PM or come eat between 5:30 and 7PM. We could always use help cleaning, afterward and throughout the cooking and sharing portions, as well. Also, you're invited to stay for our Che Collective meeting at 8:30PM (every Thursday), and we can always use help planning future All You Can Eats. It's all done by volunteers!
Damo Suzuki of the legendary Krautrock group CAN will be performing at the Che with a supporting band of local musicians. The group will be comprised of:
Rafter Roberts (Bunky, Rafter) - electronics
Dan Wise (Kil Me Tomorrow) - Guitar
Andy Robillard (GoGoGo Airheart) - Drums
David Wightman (Powdered Wigs) - Bass
Topher (SKU*Modal) - Woodwinds
and visiting guest
Tommy Grenas (long time Damo collaborator)
An opening set by Riververb will kick things off at 9PM, doors at 8PM. Tickets will be sold on a strict first come, first served basis.
A bipartisan coalition of Federal officials has sabotaged our AYCE plans by calling for a "major holiday" on the 4th Thursday of November. Seem like an odd choice of date? We think so, too. It's just a little too coincidental that we happened to be planning to have pizza at our All You Can Eat dinner, and now they're suddenly inventing some bogus "holiday" devoted to "giving thanks." Clearly, it's a plot. What country has a holiday to give thanks? A country wholly committed to thwarting the greatest AYCE dinner ever. That kind of country. Yeah, no AYCE on November 20th, but there will be pizza on November 27th. Also, a film called The Root of All Evil.
The US government started these fires to stop us from sharingvegan food and watching interesting videos. The whole UCSD campus is closed (see www.ucsd.edu for details). The Che is not in danger, but the air is smoky, so we're cancelling the events scheduled for Tuesday, October 23rd. We have no cancelled any other events at this point, so don't assume the meeting on Thursday and the Gabnet event on Friday aren't happening. Check back for further updates.
Thanks to the dedication of inumerable Che volunteers over the past few years, we have successfully completed all the necessary maintenance to have our kitchen open. On Thursday, October 4th, we received a grade of A on our health inspection, so we shall have All You Can Eat vegan dinners starting Tuesday, October 9th and each Tuesday thereafter until the end of the quarter. Next week (October 9th, 2007) will be free pasta, 5-7PM. Come at 3Pm if you want to help cook. Volunteers always eat free.
You may have noticed that our kitchen has been closed for a long time. That's because the health inspectors started cracking down on some major maintenance issues within the past few years, and we just haven't had the wherewithal to take care of all of it (lots of money, time, and effort), but now we're ready. The health inspector is coming on Thursday, October 3rd at 4PM, and we're ready except that we should do a quick, thorough cleaning before he arrives. Whether or not we have All You Can Eat vegan dinners this fall is entirely contingent upon this, so if you want to help out and make sure it happens, please come help clean and bring a friend. We'll be here at noon, and the more help, the better things will go.
Come to Che on Sunday February 4th and help clean up the damn place! This is part of the Che's final push to re-open our kitchen and once again offer All You Can Eats as well as food for sale at shows. If you give two hours of your time this Sunday you will receive one pass for a complementary All You Can Eat. Work starts at 1:30PM and will continue all evening.
The Che is jonesing for bits and pieces of a new Public Amplification sound system. As a result, the following benefit has been scheduled for Friday, February 16th at 8PM:
The Prayers
The Sess
The Powerchords
The Muslims
Come for the music, stay for the good times and help us take a step towards improving the quality of your entertainment experience at the Che Cafe.
On Monday nights throughout the Fall quarter, the Che cafe collective will present a series of films and videos demonstrating the worst that popular culture has to offer. The critique promises to be light, yet somber, as we gather to laugh at the silly, predictable stimuli now offered for drooling and pacified mass consumption. If you laugh in the face of superficial appeals to lowbrow sensibilities, come hang out with us and poke fun at the cult of the midriff, the phenomenon of Nicholas Cage, and the disparaging utter hopelessness of a culture that would allow the likes of Kid Rock to develop a celebrity status (seriously, that guy is just lame). Other topics may include a little laugh ALONG with Steven Colbert and/or John Stewart as they pick apart the culture for us. This is a Free event of social networking with snacks and beverages for purchase and consumption. You are invited.
"World Can't Wait is organizing people living in the United States to take responsibility to stop the whole disastrous course led by the Bush administration. We seek to create a political situation where the Bush administration's program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking U.S. society is reversed. We seek to mobilize millions to express their outrage, to speak the truth, to act with urgency and form an organized political resistance. We welcome any individuals and groups who agree that the Bush Regime should be driven out, whatever their political party affiliation or lack thereof. We reach out to people who have been fooled by Bush, and to those who have been most seriously affected by the outrages inflicted by the Bush Regime." // World Can't Wait
| Addiquit | 6:00PM |
| Kevin Von Mutant | 6:30PM |
| Musemakers | 7:30PM |
| Horselover Fat | 8:00PM |
| Kittykat Lollipop | 9:00PM |
| Marfa & Neaf | 9:30PM |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor | 10:15PM |
| Vaginals | 10:30PM |
| Bologna Ponies | 11:00PM |
| Romack and the Space Pirates | 11:30PM |
Derrick Jensen, the award winning author and environmental activist is traveling the U.S. on a speaking tour in an effort to raise funds for a handful of alleged earth and animal liberation front activists who are facing outrageously long prison sentences. Derrick is the author of "A Language Older than Words," "Strangely Like War," and "Listening to the Land." He will be speaking at the Che on Friday, July 28th. www.DerrickJensen.org
To All,
Due to the stringent requirements necessary to successfully
sustain a fully operational facility, we, the collective members
of the Che Cafe Co-op, are henceforth declaring our intention to
cease food production for the fall school quarter of 2005, with
the objective of restarting for the winter quarter. We would like
to make it clear that only the food production aspect of the Che
Cafe is affected by this decision, as we will continue to host
concerts and other events regardless of the temporary pause in
kitchen operations.
The decision to desist food operations in the cafe has been
reached for
several pressing reasons, including organizational difficulties and the
need for general maintenance and upkeep of the kitchen area. We plan to
use this fall quarter as a time to reorganize and resolve these problems
in their entirety.
In closing, we would again like to stress that this decision
affects only the production and sale of food at the Che Cafe, and not any events
otherwise held at the Che Cafe during the current fall quarter.
Che Cafe Collective
On Friday we will be hosting a benefit for the amazing musicians/inventors/puppeteers Mr. Quintron and Miss Pussycat, who lost their wold-reknowned New Orleans home/factory/performance space/puppet castle in the recent natural disaster. This event will cost $6 and will feature one of our favorite local bands, Kill Me Tomorrow, along with My Sexual Dad, LiqdZunshine, and Lipstick Terror. All proceeds go directly to Quinton and general Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Please come and tell your friends!
Come out for food, music, education, and opportunities to get involved in grassroots organizing on campus. Here's our tentative schedule of events:
| 4:00--6:00 | student organizing opportunities: get aware and connected |
| 4:15--5:00 | session 1: underground campus tour / workshops |
| 5:15--6:00 | session 2: underground campus tour / workshops |
| 6:30--8:00 | screening (if we can get a projector!) of the film Herbert's Hippopotamus: A Story about Revolution in Paradise, set at UCSD in the 1960s |
| 8:00--10:00 | live music |
There will be free vegan food until it runs out!
Lineup confirmed - check events on the right for schedule!
This summer we are holding a fest unlike any other Che fest before! Right now, in our backyards, there are amazing fun people making weird crazy music, for fun! What would you do if you were 10 years old and had no parents telling you what to do? That's right, you would hold a pizza party and invite ALL of your friends, and of course there would be no one to tell you to turn the music down!!
Bands playing include: Josh Taylor's Friends Forever, Hawnay Troof, Captain Ahab, Rose for Bohdan, Quem Quaeritis, BARR, Mika Miko, Child Pornography, Wives, Ultra Boyz, Winter, Grace's Amazing Kittycat Band, Abe Vigoda, Weirdo Begeirdo, Barrabarracuda, Sex Affection, Night Wounds, My Little Red Toe, Switch Bitch, Silver Daggers, Mr. and Mrs. Tribute to Ugliness, Dmonstrations, Dadajam, Put Down That Science Pole, Birthday Indian and more! The dates will be August 26-28th, and prices to be confirmed but probably $6 for Friday and $10 for each weekend day. Check back soon for more info including confirmed lineup and complete schedule!!
That's right FREE FOOD! This Thursday from 5:30 to 7pm we will serving up free plates of tasty pasta. Be sure to arrive on time as food will most likely run out quickly. If you would like to volunteer come by after 3pm to help chop vegetables and what not. See you there.
Cafe now open during events only. Please check website for regular event updates. AYCE still every thursday from 5:30 - 7pm. Come and volunteer at around 3:30 or 4 PM or so on AYCE Thursdays - we'd love to have your help back in the kitchen with preparing, cooking, serving, cleaning, etc. if you volunteer, then you can eat all you want!
The Cafe will be closed this upcoming week (01/09 - 01/15) due to maintenance. This Monday's Open mic is also cancelled due to a scheduled event. Please check website for updates regarding re-opening and hours. Thanks.
Beginning in August 2004, UCSD Student Affairs has communicated both
verbally and in writing that unless the co-ops and student governments on
UCSD campus accept the terms dictated by Student Affairs before October
15, students' "tenancy will be terminated" in the co-op spaces.
In a meeting with Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Joseph Watson, the
presidents of Asociated Students and the Graduate Student Asociation (the
two student governments on UCSD) asked him to rescind the threat of
termination and allow the co-ops to participate in negotiation. Watson's
response was to refuse these requests and to declare that students are not
equal negotiating partners with Student Affairs.
--------------------------------
RECENT HISTORY
UCSD Student Affairs personnel have outrageously claimed that the
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the university's contract with the
co-ops and student governments, expired in 1998---despite the fact they
explicitly recognized its validity long after that. University Centers
Directors have confirmed in writing previous two-year renewals of the
Master Space Agreement under the terms of the MOU. Furthermore, UCSD
administrators have previously advised students (in 2000) that renewing
the MSA also renews the MOU. Importantly, Student Affairs personnel have
continued from 1998 through the present to demand that the co-ops adhere
to MOU requirements including costly financial reviews and audits. After
setting these precedents, for Student Affairs suddenly to claim expiration
six years in the past is unreasonable.
STUDENT AFFAIRS ATTEMPTS TO OBSTRUCT RENEWAL OF SPACE AGREEMENT
In spring 2004 AS and GSA granted the fourth two-year renewal of the
Master Space Agreement (MSA), the document that secures the co-ops'
spaces in the University Centers. Disregarding this, Student Affairs
personnel proposed extensive changes to the MSA a few days before its
expiration. They vocally rejected the renewal, claiming the pressure of
not having a lease agreement in effect was necessary for the student
governments to consider their proposed changes. Former UCAB Chair Justin
Williams and University Centers Director Gary Ratcliff presented this
position to the Co-op Oversight Committee despite the fact there had
never been a vote of UCAB to reject the renewal.
Despite Student Affairs' hostile approach, the co-ops and student
governments proceeded to negotiate the proposed MSA amendments with
Director Ratcliff in good faith during subsequent Co-op Oversight
Committee meetings. This negotiation made substantial progress toward a
mutually acceptable agreement.
STUDENT AFFAIRS PROPOSES EXTENSIVE, ONEROUS CHANGES TO CONTRACT
Amidst negotiation on Student Affairs-initiated amendments to the MSA,
Assistant Vice Chancellor Carmen Vazquez submitted to the Co-op
Oversight Committee a proposal of extensive, onerous changes to the MOU,
which would negate practically all protections that contract provides
the co-ops. This overtly threatening proposal came in the context of
Student Affairs' claim that the MOU had expired years prior.
STUDENT AFFAIRS DECLINES INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION WITH CO-OPS
Under attack on multiple fronts, the co-ops sought legal counsel,
through which they requested informal dispute resolution. The informal
resolution process is not to exceed 30 days unless mutually agreed upon
by all the parties, but Student Affairs waited 82 days before notifying
the co-ops of their refusal to participate.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Demand that UCSD administration:
* promise not to evict the co-ops
* include the co-ops in current and ongoing negotiations
* publicly commit to the Food Co-op expansion in the Price Center
* stop harassing and attacking the co-ops
Tell your friends!
Lobby your representatives in student government!
Ask faculty to send letters of support to us and to the chancellor!
Contact the chancellor directly:
Chancellor Marye Anne Fox
phone: 858-534-3135
e-mail: chancellor@ucsd.edu
Friday, September 24
The Disorientation Party is an annual event sponsored by all 4 UCSD Cooperatives: the Che Café, the Food Co-op, the General Store Co-op, and Groundwork Books. Come enjoy free food and live entertainment, meet people, and get an underground education about UCSD history!
The fun starts at 4PM. Highlights include Professor Jorge Mariscal, live music by Jason Webley, and a free raffle featuring merchandise from the co-ops. See the schedule and full descriptions here: Disorientation Party 2004
Drawing Resistance is a show of two dimensional artwork by 31 artist/activists from North America. Organized by Sue Simensky Bietila (Ashland, Wisconsin) and Nicolas Lampert (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), the content-based show speaks to subject matter vital to understanding the world today. Some of the topics include the anti-globalization movement, working class rights, the destruction of the environment, corporate control, police brutality, homelessness, gentrification and the Zapatista liberation movement in Mexico.
Rather than exhibiting Drawing Resistance in one city (or those where political art is frequently shown), the show travels to cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico on a monthly basis for a 5 year continuous period (2001-2005). In each city or town that the show is exhibited, local hosts select the space and the events which compliment the traveling exhibition. Drawing Resistance has no funding and relies solely on the communities that host the show to transport it to the next site. The show's collective organizing method draws upon the D.I.Y. (do-it-yourself) culture, and like a punk band on tour, the art show is getting in the van! In the first two years, Drawing Resistance has traveled over 5,000 miles to over 19 cities in the US and Canada and countless numbers of individuals have made the show unique to their own vision.
The show raises a number of vital questions that are not often considered. The Detroit writer, David Sands stated that Drawing Resistance "doesn't have a lot to do with curators, museums, or hard-to-figure-out splotches on the wall. Instead, it has much to do with what's missing from most of the me-me-me money-money-money world of contemporary art. That is, a sense of urgency beyond one's individual self; a feeling of anger-hope- responsibility for the world and the people around us; a bridging between creative and political realities that artists all too often choose to ignore."
Fully three generations of political art are represented in the Drawing Resistance. Chicago artist, Carlos Cortez is old enough to remember the days of Depression-era political art. Seth Tobocman and Peter Kuper's storyboard magazine World War 3-Illustrated along with the legendary punk album-cover art of Winston Smith (Dead Kennedy's) and John Yates provide a crucial bridge to the current generation. Styles range from the bright watercolors of Domitila Dominguez (Questions & Swords: Folk Tales of the Zapatista Revolution, written by Subcommandante Marcos) to the street posters of Robbie Conal to the spray paint/stencils of Josh MacPhee to the collages of Freddie Baer.
"Drawing Resistance is a bracing, enlivening panorama of radical humanism, stretched wide by the expansive hopes and traumas of our times. Long may it travel." -- William Eisenstein, Urban Ecology
The web site for the show (www.drawingresistance.org) includes information, artist biographies, the show schedule, press, in depth interviews and links.
Exhibiting from August 4 - 28. Viewing hours Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4 - 7pm.
As of June 11, the Cafe will only be open during weekly scheduled events. The current hours of 5:30pm to 12:30am will remain the same so feel free to show up early to an event or stop by to get some delicious treats before the event begins. Also, the Cafe will be open from 6pm to 10pm during Open Mic events on Monday nights.
New websites and some upcoming events added the links section.
The late night café will be closing on Sunday, March 21st in observance of Spring Break (party party party) and reopening on Monday, March 29th. The hours will be different in when business resumes in the spring quarter: Open Every Day But Thursday, 5:30PM to 12:30AM
Updated, March 20th, '04.
-Che
The café is once again open from 7 PM to 2 AM every day except Thursday (and on Thursdays from 5:30PM to 7 PM for all-you-can-eat dinners) beginning the first day of classes: Monday, January 5. Come on over; grab some delicious, vegan, mostly organic, and eminently affordable food; use our wireless Internet access to study, browse the web, and send instant messages to your friends inviting them to come join you!
Before coming you might want to check this site to see if there is a show on, because during shows you'll have to get food from the take-out window outside unless you want to pay for admission.
Updated, January 6th, '04.
-Che
Hullo. We just wanted to let you know that Wednesday, December 10th will be the last night our late night café will be open this quarter. UCSD classes end that week, so we shall take a break along with all the other students. There will still be an All You Can Eat dinner on Thursday, December 11th, but after that we will be breaking for the winter. Late night operations will resume in early January. Check back here for further updates. We will still have reduced café operations during shows, but this will be on a more limited basis. Please volunteer to have the café at shows, because we like providing food for kids and kids like eating our food, we think. Yes.
Updated, December 5th, '03.
-Che
Because we figure all the students will be gone for the weekend, the late night café will be closed this Thursday, November 27th, but will be open on Friday and Saturday as long as the shows scheduled for those days are not cancelled (not that the shows are cancelled, I'm just saying...). No matter what, we will resume regular hours on Sunday, November 30th. We all hope you have a nice time visiting your family and whatnot (if that's something you do), but we also hope you honor the people who were removed from the land by the settlers who came to populate this land mass. Also, consider a Tofurkey this, and every, year.
Updated, November 24th, '03.
-Che
We're sorry to say that we never found an alternate venue for the Phobia/Cripple Bastards/Anodyne show on November 1st. Probably the worst thing about the whole fiasco was that three touring bands were left without a show on a Saturday night. Thanks to the people who tried to find a new place for it, and thanks to the people who understand why we had to try to move the show. We're in the process of figuring out a way to allow these shows to happen, but without the Che being put in jeopardy with the University. Most importantly, for shows to keep happening at the Che, people need to get it through their thick skulls that YOU CAN NOT DRINK ALCOHOL at the Che, around the Che, or in the parking lots around the Che. If you were one of the people who bought your ticket for the show in advance, you can come by the Che with your ticket for a full refund. The Che is open Friday through Wednesday between 7pm and 2am with the advent of the late night Cafe opening up, or come by any show and let the person at the door know that you need to refund your Phobia ticket. Thanks!
Updated, November 8th, '03.
-Che
Just so you know, we are alive. Poor air quality led the UCSD big-wigs to shut down the UCSD campus for a few days, and thus we had a slight interruption in our new café late night endeavors, but that's all a part of the past now. Quit living in the past. Live in the now. Fugazi is extremely good. Yes, fire destroys things, but it is also often used in literature to symbolize rebirth (the whole Phoenix rising sort of thing), so we here at the Che hope you all are alive and well, and stronger for the experience which did not kill you. We'd hate for you to be harmed in any way. You know why? Because we love you. Love you.
Updated, November 1st, '03.
-Che
The first night of the café was hectic as heck (tic). If you were there and were disappointed in the service or were treated less than graciously,please chalk it up to high levels of stress thrust upon the workers. It was our opening night.
Overall, opening night was a satisfying experience. We were way way excited to see so many students show up. Thanks for coming. Anywho (either Ben Who or Danny Who), you should come out and enjoy our café. The late night café is open from 7PM to 2 AM every day except Thursday (and on Thursdays we are open from 5:30-7PM for All You Can Eat Dinners). Come out and study, have some good vegan food and drinks, and support a student co-op. It'll save the world. On nights when we have a show scheduled, you'll still be able to enjoy the café by going to our secondary access point at the back of the kitchen. At that time, we also plan to sell food to the show-goers if we have a volunteer to work the regular front register (show-goers, please note).
Yes, we're excited about this. We hope you continue to come out so we can have fun together. We like you a lot.
Updated, September 29th, '03.
-Che
Starting Saturday, September 27th, the Che Cafe will become a real cafe (again). It has been years and years since we've been opened on a regular basis as a cafe/restaurant, but this quarter, we're doing it. We'll be open nightly (except Thursday) from 7PM-2AM serving up good stuff like vegan food. We plan to sell vegie burgers, french (not freedom) fries, various cofee and tea-based drinks, our standard natural sodas, and tons of other great stuff. Dude, it's going to be radical. Whether you're looking for a place to study and grab a coffee late into the night, or you just get the craving for vegan wonderfullness after all the vegan-friendly restaurants have closed, or you're rocking out at a show and want to have a nice little snack, we're there for you. This is wicked exciting!!! Yay! Come out and enjoy it!!! I love you.Updated, September 19th, '03.
-Che
Food Not Bombs took a hiatus earlier this year, but it has been functioning steadily for about a month now. Due to the Che's inconvenient location, FNB has stopped meeting there, and instead has been meeting at a nice person's home in north park. If you would like to participate, send an email to info@sdfnb.org. FNB can always use help. Updated, August 29th, '03.
The "About the Che" section has been substantially updated, with some fun and empowering ideas and suggestions, a sort of a call to you and everyone else to use our space and resources. Hopefully this will make it more clear what the Che is and how you can go about utilizing the space. The Che is an amazing resource with endless potential - if we'd all just start using it.
The spring quarter run of our weekly vegetarian/vegan AYCE dinner extravaganzas will begin with FREE PASTA night on April 3rd. From then on it's not free, but its darn cheap at $3/plate $4/ayce. And it's free if you volunteer a bit. Click here to be courteously delivered to the menu and view our tactical plan. Our AYCE's are all volunteer run, and we need your help if you'd like to cook, clean, hang out and take up space, whatever. If you want to volunteer for an AYCE you're welcome, just come early, like 3:30-ish or perhaps later. You may even want to call first to make sure we're around. A little more info on the AYCE's can be found here.
An activism workshop for high school students will be taking place at the Che on February 22nd. It is being organized by Activist San Diego, and in their words: "This workshop is a chance to empower youth for building grassroots campaigns focusing on progressive issues that are pertinent to their lives. It will bring together high school activists and provide tools for linking youth with causes that they care about." For signups and more information about this event, click here. Questions about this event should be directed to ewhite@ljcds.org rather than the our email.